Barbecue house



Sept. 15,1925. 1,553,751

R. J. COOKE BARBECUE HOUSE Filed Aug. 22, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Swim-11h31:

Chlonwxl Sept.4 15, 1925. 1,553,751

R. J. COOKE BARBECUE HOUSE Filed Aug. 22, 192:5 2 sheetsvsne'ee 2 Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROBERT J. COOKE, 0F OZONA, TEXAS.

BARBECUE HOUSE.

Application led August 22, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. COOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ozona, in the county of Crockett and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Barbecue House, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a house constructed yfor cooking meat in large quantities.

The object of the invention is to provide a house of this character so constructed that an animal may be barbecued therein and in which smaller portions may also be cooked.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the comblnation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents ar front elevation of a house constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof.

In the embodiment illustrated a house 1 is shown which may be of any desired size the walls 2 of which are constructed of heat retaining material such as stone and mortar of a thickness of about six inches while the Hoor 3 is constructed of concrete about eight inches thick and projects about four inches, more Or less, outside the walls 2 as is shown clearly in Fig. 3. The top 4 slants from the front to the rear and is construct-- ed of concrete about two inches thick projecting about four-inches beyond the walls at the sides and front of the building and about six inches at the back.

The roof 4c has a smoke flue or ventilator 5 located about the center thereof. The pro- ,jecting edges of the roof beyond the front and rear walls are shown at 6 in Fig. 3 while the projecting side edges of the roof are shown at 7 in Fig. 1.

A door 8 preferably constructed of one inch angle iron covered with sheet iron forms a closure for the entrance opening in the front wall of the building.

Mounted in the upper portion of the Serial No. 658,823.

building near the roof is a plurality of suspension rods 9 any desired number of which may be employed two being here shown with the ends thereof mounted in the front and rear walls of the building at points spaced longitudinally from each other. These rods 9 are intended to support meat to be cooked.

A meat rack 10 composed of an iron rod or bar shaped to conform to the cross sectional contour of the building is supported about two feet, more or less, above the floor on upright rods 11 one of which is arranged at each corner of the building and is equipped at its upper end with a hook 12 with which the frame of rack 10 is engaged. The frame of this rack is preferably covered with heavy open mesh wire to permit the heat from the fire below to pass upward therethrough into Contact with the meat on the rack and with that suspended from rods 9.

A heat spreader 13 in the form of a comparatively small metal disk is suspended from rack 10 about the center thereof and may be of any desired or suitable size being preferably about eighteen inches in diameter and is designed to evenly distribute the heat throughout the chamber so that the meat will be uniformly cooked. The arrangement of the air vent-s 14 at the corners of the house keeps the air away from the meat and merely controls the heat to make it even and uniform.

The side walls of the house are provided at the corners thereof adjacent the bottom with four air inlet openings 14 designed to properly regulate the heat, and for a house of the size shown these openings should be about three inches square.

The walls of this building being thick and composed of heat retaining material will when heated slowly cook large carcasses of meat suspended -from the rods 9 while the direct heat from the fire below the rack 10 will assist in the cooking operation of these carcasses and will also operate to cook smaller pieces of meat which rest on the rack.

While this house is primarily intended to be used as a barbecue house for roasting whole carcasses of animals such as are used at barbecues, it may also be used for cooking smaller pieces.

This house not only protects the meat during the cooking operation but if desired the meat may be retained therein after it is cooked and kept hot until ready to serve. The structure of the house renders it fire proof so that danger' from this cause is avoided.

Various changes in the forni, shape, proportion and other minor details of construction may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

I claim A meat cooking house having heat retaining side walls, top and bottom, with a smoke flue in its top, and a plurality of air inlet openings in its side walls at the lower cor- ROBERT J. COOKE. 

